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3 Quotes. 3 Questions. 3 Charts.
3 Quotes. 3 Questions. 3 Charts.
Quote 1
Every totalitarian regime is frightened of the artist.
It is the vocation of the prophet to keep alive the ministry of imagination, to keep on conjuring and proposing alternative futures to the single one the king wants to urge as the only thinkable one.-Walter Brueggemann
Quote 2
If only professionals can understand your language then it is most likely that you are not being prophetic or wise, not being ‘in the streets’ with your particular gift of work and word.
-Mathew Fox
Quote 3
America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it so long as we seize it together.
- Barack Obama, Second Inaugural Address
3 Quotes. 3 Questions. 3 Charts.
A Conversation on Creating a Great Public Education System
What is the purpose of public education?
What is “public” about public education?
How does liberty relate to public education?
All political power is vested in and derived from the people; all government of right originates from the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole.
Article I, Sec. 2
The equality and rights of persons. We hold it to be self-evident that all persons are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, the enjoyment of the fruits of their own labor, and the pursuit of happiness.
Article I, Sec. 1
Where we’ve been
Where we’re going
Shiftcompelling
common good.
the conversation
a visiongrounded in our valuesand the
to
Where we’ve been
Where we’re going
Where we want to go
MagnetSchools
NCVPSRegional
STEM
Coop. &Innov.Early
College
State CharterSchools
SchoolDistricts
Other public schoolsResidential
Should children have an equal opportunity to a sound, basic education at -a school in a school district?-a regional school?-a charter school?-a residential school?
What does it mean to be a part of the public education system?
State CharterSchools
SchoolDistricts
HomeSchools
Private Schools
4.8% 5.8%
2.7%86.7%
MagnetSchools
NCVPSRegional
STEM
Coop. &Innov.Early
College
State CharterSchools
SchoolDistricts
Other public schoolsResidential
LEA ConversionCharter SchoolsLocally
CharteredSchools
Magnet
ContractSchoolsRegional
Consolidated Services
State CharterSchools
SchoolDistricts
HomeSchools
Private SchoolsNationally, up to a third of
enrollment in highly urban charter high schools comes from
private schools
State CharterSchools
SchoolDistricts
HomeSchools
Private Schools
In North Carolina, less than half of home schools operate for more
than 5 years:20% operate for 1 year or less
MagnetSchools
NCVPSRegional
STEM
Coop. &Innov.Early
College
State CharterSchools
SchoolDistricts
Other public schoolsResidential
LEA ConversionCharter SchoolsLocally
CharteredSchools
Magnet
ContractSchools
RegionalConsolida
ted Services
HomeSchools
Private Schools
Where does UNC Charlotte College of Education fit into the discussion of the vision for public education?
-- in shaping the vision?-- in defending public education?-- in preparing education professionals to be equipped for working in a reinvented system of public education?
Encore QuoteIf public education ceases to become the hallmark of our democracy - who must bear the blame?
-Craig Phillips
